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Is there a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game coming? Based on recent developments, it sure seems so.
Speculation for a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game began when an update in Call of Duty Black Ops 6 teased the return of the beloved skateboarding video game franchise.
Eagle-eyed COD players spotted the THPS Easter egg in a new skatepark map called The Grind. The map featured a banner with the game’s logo and the date “03.04.25.”
Then, the official THPS website launched a countdown clock that is currently counting down to March 4, 2025, signaling that some big news is upon us.
So what exactly could be coming? According to Gamespot, there could be two offerings from Activision, either a remake like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 or a brand new game altogether.
Per Gamespot:
If there’s news coming soon regarding the future of THPS, there are two likely options. The first is another remake like 2020’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, which helped revitalize interest in the games. There have been some predictions that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 could follow. However, a more enticing prospect would be a brand-new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. The last fully original game in the series to hit consoles was 2015’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. Additionally, there was a previous report that the next Tony Hawk game could arrive as soon as this summer. Given the timing of the announcement, that seems very plausible.
It’s been a long time since fans of THPS picked up the sticks for a new game in the franchise that first arrived in 1999. The 25th anniversary of the game has already passed, but the legendary skateboarder revealed that he has been in contact with Activision to work on something celebrating the game’s milestone while adding that the skateboarding video game franchise will continue.
We don’t know about y’all, but consider us very hyped about this news.
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Tony Hawk is as much a pop culture icon as any, so it goes without saying that he’s crossed paths with plenty of others with the level of fame that he has, if not more. The skating legend recently shared a rare photo alongside the late Tupac “2Pac” Shakur that Hawk had digitally restored.
Tony Hawk, 55, shared the image of him and 2Pac, telling a story of how he attended an American Music Awards ceremony because his sister was performing with singer Michael Bolton. While he initially stated that the year of the photo in question was 1991, he corrected it and said that it could be from 1994.
From Tony Hawk’s IG:
I attended the American Music Awards in 1991 because my sister was there performing with Michael Bolton. While backstage, I saw Tupac standing alone and I recognized him from Digital Underground (go listen to “Same Song” for context). His first album had not dropped yet, and nobody else seemed to notice him. I took a picture of him and [Riley’s mom] Cindy, and I thought she took one of him and me. This was in the era of point-and-shoot film cameras so results were unreliable. Unfortunately I never found the photo once the roll was developed. But thanks to modern technology and maestro digital artist @_vemix_ , the image has materialized.
Hawk went on to say that 2Pac was “effusive and gracious” after meeting briefly, adding that he was the most gracious with his time out of the celebrities he met at the time. Later in the caption of the post, Hawk corrected the timeline to say the photo might be from the 1994 AMAs. If the photo was taken in 1991, 2Pac made his debut in the fall of that year with the album, 2Pacalypse Now.
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